When the House votes to legalize torture, will anyone care?

[stevedeshazer]

I'm fucking furious, and I've had it.

The House needs 218 votes from their chickenhawk ranks to legalize torture, and every goddamned one of them will face voters in November.

My uncle was a prisoner of war and was tortured. This will happen around the globe to Americans for all the forseeable future if this Senate deal is signed off on by the House.

By God, may these bastards burn in hell.

This assures that every American abroad will now be subject to torture by ANY foreign entity. And NEVER FORGET, the REPUBLICANS made this happen.

:grr:

[babylonsister]

1. I thought the intent of the Geneva Convention had been preserved.

I'm still not sure what transpired.

[Robbien]

4. Depends on the meaning of intent

Torture is going to be legalized by this congress and they will mouth words saying the intent of the Geneva Convention has been preserved. The media will play along because hey, they cannot report that we are now a nation of torturers now can they.

[stevedeshazer]

5. What's transpired as far as I can tell is...they are legalizing torture!

No details...only the Republicans were consulted...they're spinning the media saying they've reached agreement...NO details....

The United States has reached a new low that I never thought I'd see in my lifetime.

They're making a mockery of the millions of Americans who have served in the military during our nation's history. Now, the United States Senate has gone to bat for the most repressive administration ever.

I've really hit the wall on this one.

[Casandra]

7. Here's how...

What is happening here, is that rather than use the 'Geneva Convention' rules, they are going to call torture 'legal' under the 'War Powers' Act. You know...the one that began this whole thing. This way, they think they will escape anyone prosecuting our people for war crimes, stating this was an 'American Law'... """" HOGFEATHERS"""

[stevedeshazer]

8. BINGO

That's precisely what this is...the "Cover Your Ass" Act.

I'm enraged.

[Parche]

2. torture

I feel your pain, I cant even believe they are debating this subject


They are so 'yellow' with terror scares and terrorism crap, I am so tired of hearing
terrorism, terror terror terror.

1more month to go........


This should make everyone get out there and vote, and help a Democrat win

[AX10]

3. I hate was has happened to this world since Bush took office.

Things didn't really turn bad until 9/11.

[sweetheart]

6. They can't legallize drugs, just torture... degenerates

Drugs involve free will being excercised by citizens, crack down on that,
but inflicting a new depraved prison state on us all, just part of the post 9/11 world,
jsut like in the film 12 monkeys, except there was no virus, just a world a prisons.